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Locality Name:
Altyn-Tyube Area, Bukhar-Zhyrau, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan


mindat Locality ID: 256754
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256754.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altyn-Tyube Area, Bukhar-Zhyrau, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Altyn-Tyube Dioptase Deposit (Altyn-Tube)
Kanatkazgan Turquoise Deposit

Latitude: 49°48'58"N
Longitude: 73°59'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.816111111111,73.995
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cu Fe H O P Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzTurquoise

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Epidote  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17734227770
Copper  (*)CopperCu1773423846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1773422970
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O177342164
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1773428173
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217734212537
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4177342369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217734261156
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O177343484


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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